Narendra Modi
Q. & A.
How the Hindu Right Triumphed in India
A razed mosque, a new temple, and the rise of Narendra Modi.
By Isaac Chotiner
Dispatch
Narendra Modi’s New New Delhi
A multibillion-dollar revamp of India’s capital complex reflects the Prime Minister’s vision for the country’s future—and what he wants to erase from its past.
By Daniel Brook
Letter from Biden’s Washington
What Joe Biden Didn’t Say to Narendra Modi
Whether “hypocritical pivot” or pure pragmatism, the President had more than one reason to skip the lectures on democracy.
By Susan B. Glasser
Q. & A.
Why Is President Biden Hosting Narendra Modi?
The journalist Fareed Zakaria credits India’s Prime Minister with a strong national economy—and the decay of Indian democracy.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
Has Modi Pushed Indian Democracy Past Its Breaking Point?
With the media and judiciary already under attack, the Prime Minister’s main opponent was just banned from Parliament.
By Isaac Chotiner
A Reporter at Large
The Promise and the Politics of Rewilding India
Ecologists are trying to undo environmental damage in rain forests, deserts, and cities. Can their efforts succeed even as Narendra Modi pushes for rapid development?
By Dorothy Wickenden
Q. & A.
What a Disturbing New Film Reveals About Modi’s India
“The Kashmir Files” depicts the decades-old exodus of Hindus from the Muslim-majority region. For nationalists, it’s perfect propaganda.
By Isaac Chotiner
Daily Comment
At the U.N. Climate Summit, Could India Become a Champion, Not Just a Casualty, of the Crisis?
If the nation’s call to leadership in the twentieth century was decolonization, in this century it is decarbonization.
By Raghu Karnad
Q. & A.
Redefining Populism
A political philosopher offers a new way of looking at Donald Trump, Narendra Modi, Jair Bolsonaro, and other right-wing leaders.
By Isaac Chotiner
Dispatch
India’s Epidemic of False COVID-19 Information
As patients and families frantically seek treatment, elected officials—and some physicians—have fuelled denialism and specious talk of miracle cures.
By Rahul Bhatia
Daily Comment
In India, Narendra Modi’s Government Is Using the Courts to Attack Civil Rights
A lawyer who has fought for democracy for nearly fifty years finds herself under investigation by the state.
By Steve Coll
Q. & A.
How COVID-19 Will Hit India
The epidemiologist and economist Ramanan Laxminarayan discusses how the coronavirus pandemic is likely to play out across India, a country with densely inhabited cities and a relatively weak health system.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
The Real Objective of Mob Violence Against Muslims in India
The journalist and author Raghu Karnad discusses his experience reporting on the violence, how the Modi government capitalizes on the conflict, and the difficulty of finding accurate reporting in India.
By Isaac Chotiner
Dispatch
How the Indian Government Watched Delhi Burn
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s top leaders—the Prime Minister included—seem to excel at creating conditions in which violence can unfold.
By Samanth Subramanian
Q. & A.
India’s Citizenship Emergency
Niraja Gopal Jayal, the author of several books on Indian democracy, discusses recent efforts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to marginalize India’s Muslims and the greatest challenges facing those who care about the future of liberalism in the country.
By Isaac Chotiner
Daily Comment
Has Narendra Modi Finally Gone Too Far?
In response to legislation approved last week by the Prime Minister, Indians are taking to the streets en masse, prompting crackdowns by the Army and police.
By Dexter Filkins
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Jamie Lee Curtis, the Original Scream Queen
The actor, who shot to fame in “Halloween,” won’t watch a scary movie. Plus, Dexter Filkins talks to an embattled journalist about the brutality of India’s Hindu-nationalist regime.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rana Ayyub on India’s Crackdown on Muslims
Dexter Filkins talks to the embattled Indian journalist about their time reporting together in Kashmir and the Indian ruling party’s violent suppression of Muslims.
The New Yorker Interview
Amartya Sen’s Hopes and Fears for Indian Democracy
The economist, philosopher, and public intellectual discusses his boyhood in pre-independence India, his decades-long work, and why contemporary politics hasn’t led him toward fatalism.
By Isaac Chotiner
Blitt’s Kvetchbook
Another Whistle Blown on the Trump Administration
The President presses the Indian Prime Minister for dirt on Elizabeth Warren.
By Barry Blitt